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Media Alert: June 16, 2014Attention Business and Financial Reporters and Editors
The Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
A formal receiving line awaited dinner guests on June 3, 2014, in a scene inspired by the PBS series Downton Abbey. “You can never be too classy,” explained the host, Charles Olson, Professor of the Practice and Director of the Business Honors Program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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The Smith School experienced a record-setting increase of 30 percent in applications to its full time MBA program during the 2013-2014 recruiting cycle. Despite the fact that the number of GMAT test-takers has declined, indicating that interest in the MBA degree is falling somewhat nationwide, Smith remains attractive to top MBA candidates.
Select University of Maryland staff in College Park now have the opportunity to take part in the UMD-Smith Leadership Academy, a cutting-edge leadership development program delivered by the Robert H. Smith School of Business, in partnership with University Human Resources. The deadline for applications for the fall cohort is June 30, 2014 (or sooner for some offices).
Don’t blame bailouts for excessive risk taking, one researcher said May 29, 2014, during a daylong accounting conference at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Research by Siva Viswanathan and Goudong “Gordon” Gao
When Jennifer Clinton, Ph.D., MBA ’08 accepted her position as president of the National Council for Visitors in 2012, she did so with the aim of helping the organization better articulate its core purpose.